In a new series challenging Trump's tariffs, we argue that the President's trade policy is illegally justified, based upon reckless ignorance, and will cause significant harm to the US economy. Congress must step up and rescind them this fall.

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Trump’s trade war uses the false pretense of “national security” to sidestep the checks and balances of the legislative branch. Independent of their ideological position on trade, Congress must stand up to this creeping authoritarianism.

Some recent data from Pew Research suggests pace of erosion of TV, rise of digital is picking up, and 2018 likely to be first election more folks get their news online than from TV. Big implications for US politics.

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Simon recently spoke with Joy Reid on AM Joy about Republicans lack of concern about Trump and Russia. He appeared on a panel with Richard Painter, former White House ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, and Anand Giridharadas, MSNBC political analyst.